† anteactn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin anteāctum.

Etymology: < classical Latin anteāctum past act (usually in plural, anteācta ), use as noun of neuter of anteāctus (see anteacted adj.).

Obsolete.

A previous act.Recorded chiefly in dictionaries.

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1620 F. Bacon Speech 20 Nov. in J. Spedding Lett. & Life F. Bacon (modernized text) (1874) VII. iv. 139 His authority was to be guided by precedent and anteacts.

1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Anteacts, deeds, or actions done in times past.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Anteact, a former act.

1851 G. Brown Gram. of Eng. Gram. i. iv. 186 But to compounds and prefixes, as firearms, forearm, anteact, viceagent, the rule does not apply.

1911 Amer. Naturalist 45 139 Chemical compounds have no compromising ante-act, H₂O is always H₂O, and reacts always in the same manner, whatsoever may be the ‘history’ of its formation or the earlier state of its elements.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	anteact
释义	† anteactn. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin anteāctum. Etymology: < classical Latin anteāctum past act (usually in plural, anteācta ), use as noun of neuter of anteāctus (see anteacted adj.). Obsolete. A previous act.Recorded chiefly in dictionaries. ΚΠ 1620 F. Bacon Speech 20 Nov. in J. Spedding Lett. & Life F. Bacon (modernized text) (1874) VII. iv. 139 His authority was to be guided by precedent and anteacts. 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Anteacts, deeds, or actions done in times past. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Anteact, a former act. 1851 G. Brown Gram. of Eng. Gram. i. iv. 186 But to compounds and prefixes, as firearms, forearm, anteact, viceagent, the rule does not apply. 1911 Amer. Naturalist 45 139 Chemical compounds have no compromising ante-act, H₂O is always H₂O, and reacts always in the same manner, whatsoever may be the ‘history’ of its formation or the earlier state of its elements. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1620
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